Showing data; when, why and how

Mahbubul Majumder, PhD
Jan 31, 2017

Table conventions

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What do you think of this table?

What do you think of this table?

After applying the rules

Some rules to follow

  • Remove colors, gridlines, fills, border, bolding
  • Left align text data, right align numbers and align respective column heading accordingly
  • Resize columns to data
  • Put some blank lines to separate different data
  • Be consistent in precision, round the number, avoid big numbers instead scale them
  • Avoid repetition of text and symbols
  • Emphasize the row you want to bring attention to
  • You can add foot notes if you want to explain some complex data
  • Careful about fonts, calibri is not good, sans serif is acceptable
Window size: x
Viewport size: x